The recent agreement between Ukraine and the US on mineral production has caused concern in Moscow and increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by The Washington Post with reference to its own sources.
According to the newspaper, anxiety is increasing in the Russian elite due to the deepening of contacts between President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and American leader Donald Trump. The Kremlin is afraid that in the case of delaying time, it may lose a chance to negotiate on a better environment.
According to a Russian official who wished to remain anonymous, Putin has increasing pressure - at least to show his readiness for compromises. Otherwise, Russia runs the risk of faced with a new rigid sanctions package developed by Senator Lindsey Graham. These sanctions, as sources emphasize, can strike a serious blow to the economy of the Russian Federation, which is already experiencing an increase in the budget deficit.
Despite the official position of the Kremlin about the successful adaptation to the sanctions, the government recognizes that the long -term existence of the economy in the mobilization mode is impossible.
At the same time, the Kremlin is increasing between the conditional "peace party", which advocates the compromise plan of Trump-freezing the conflict on the current line of the front in exchange for the recognition of Crimea and the removal of sanctions-and "hawks" that insist on the continuation of the war at any cost.
